An American Family History

Mary (Maria, Polly) Branstetter Enoch was born on September 27, 1808 in Heidelberg Township, Northampton County, now Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Daniel Branstetter and Christina Bauman.

She was baptized on November 6, 1808 at Towamensing Union Church. The sponsors at her baptism were Nicholas Snyder (Schneider) and Elisabeth Oblinger

She (Polly Branstuller) married William Enoch on November 20, 1828 in Clark County, Ohio. (Enock in the 1831 Indenture) William was born on July 22 in Pennsylvania. His parents were William Enoch and Mary Teagarden. William Sr. was one of the earliest settlers of Clark County, Ohio and served in the War of 1812.

William and Polly had a girl who was born about 1828 and William Enoch who was born in 1836.

William built a grist mill in Clark county.

They appeared in the 1830 census of German Township. The household consisted of a man between 20 and 30 (William age 26), a woman between 20 and 30 (Mary age 24) and a female child who was less than four.

Mary died before the 1840 census.

William was still in German Township in 1840. The household consisted of a man between 30 and 40 (William age 36), a girl between 10 and 15 and a boy who was less than five.

William died in 1846.

At the time of the 1850 census, 14 year old William Enoch was living with E. G. and Mary Welty.

Enoch's Mill. On the south side of the creek, not far from the residence of J. S. Peneten and William Funkhouser, was erected in 1820 by Henry Enoch, father of David Enoch, who is still living and residing near Tremont, a grist-mill. There was conducted with it a still. How long this was operated is not now known, but it has many years been abandoned. Some time after the construction of the mill William Enoch, a brother of Henry, built a grist-mill nearly opposite the present residence of Michael Shawver. This was operated for some time but has long since been abandoned. A depression in the ground near the saw-mill conducted there at this time by the Shawvers indicates the existence of a mill in that vicinity at one time. (from Genealogical Collection 20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio by Hon. William M. Rockel)